ENGL 1301 SO

Forgetting to document a source is considered plagiarism!

Don't wait until you finish your paper to begin citing your sources. It is a better idea to cite your sources as you find them and use them.  Use these tips to help ensure that documenting your sources is quick and easy!

1. When you decide to use a source, be sure to copy all the information required to develop a citation.
2. When you add a quotation to your paper, document the page number (or the paragraph number if no page number is present) of where the quotation was found.
3. Also, be careful if you cut and paste a quotation from one of our database articles to your paper. It is all too easy, while writing, to cut and paste a quotation without also jotting down the citation information.

The best way to make sure you do not forget to cite the sources you use - cite while you write!

These sites have [limited] free, online tools that can help you format citations for your bibliography.

• Easy Bib

  EasyBib is an online platform that provides citation, note taking, and research tools. We cite according to the 8th ed. of MLA, 6th ed. of APA, and 17th ed. of Chicago (7th ed. Turabian). Easy Bib is NOT a free service.

• BibMe

  BibMe is a free automatic citation creator that supports MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian formatting.

• Son of Citation Machine

  Citation Machine helps students and professional researchers properly credit the information that they use.

• KnightCite

  Brought to you by Calvin College Admissions. We use the 9th ed. of MLA, 7th ed. of APA, and 17th ed. of Chicago (9th ed. Turabian).